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2025
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)
April 1, 2025
News:
- New Research Shows Inherited Genetic Variants Increase Risk of Certain Pediatric Cancers (external link)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, January 10, 2025
2024
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24)
March 19, 2024
Research Highlights:
News:
- Harvard Doctors Create ChatGPT-Like Ai That Can Diagnose Cancer (external link)
SciTechDaily, September 20, 2024 - “Chaotic” protein that fuels 75% of all cancers can be controlled with new therapy (external link)
MSN, January 17, 2024
2023
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23)
March 10, 2023
Research Highlights:
- New Behavioral Health Science Awards Aim to Improve Quality of Life in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
- Novel Targets for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- IN FOCUS: Patient Well-Being and Survivorship in Cancer Care and Research
News:
- Gene engineered cell therapy developed to target brain metastatic melanoma (external link)
EurekAlert!, August 21, 2023 - Researchers discover molecular fail-safe that keeps bladder tissues from turning cancerous (external link)
Fred Hutch Cancer Center, June 8, 2023 - ‘Hard To Lose’ Mutations In Tumors Predict Response To Immunotherapy (external link)
Hopkins Medicine, February 15, 2023
Video Highlights
2022
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22)
August 2, 2022 - Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22)
March 18, 2022
Research Highlights:
- Novel CAR-T Therapy Targeting BAFF-R Against B-Cell Lymphomas
- A Promising Nanotech Approach to Enhance Immunotherapy in Liver Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month: Innovations in Thyroid Cancer Research
- Combination Therapy Utilizing Prodrugs with Protoporphyrin IX Photodynamic Therapy
- Defining Microbial Ecosystems in Bladder Cancer Patients
- Fiscal Year 2020 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Convergent Science Virtual Cancer Center
- Early Career Investigators Are Developing Strategies to Improve Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers
- Boosting Listeria Hysteria: Prime Strategies Against Cancer
- Neutro-lizing Colorectal Cancer
News:
- Researchers restore function in a gene that can suppress liver cancer and enhance immunotherapy (external link)
EurekAlert!, March 24, 2022
2021
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)
February 23, 2021
Research Highlights:
- Defining Mechanisms of Resistance to Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
- Oncolytic Virotherapy: Boosting the Immune Response in Brain Cancer
- Attacking Cancer with Missiles
- Multifunctional Nanofiber for Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Theranostics to Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
- Targeting Protein Degradation in Ewing Sarcoma
- FY20 PRCRP Awards Will Investigate Novel Ways to Treat Sarcomas that Disproportionately Affect the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Populations
- Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Biliary Cancers
- Identification of the HDAC Inhibitor Quisinostat as a Possible Therapeutic for Uveal Melanoma
- Metabolic Reprogramming of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Mediated by Tobacco Smoke
- Mantis Shrimp Inspired Near-Infrared Endoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Surgery
- Blood Cancer Breakthrough: Recently FDA-Approved XPOVIO ® Research Was Initially Funded by DOD
- Imaging as Predictive Biomarker for Esophageal Cancer: Offering New Hope to a Forgotten Population of Cancer Patients
News:
- How the US military is joining the war on cancer (external link)
Washington Examiner, December 14, 2021 - Cancers Strike US Fighter Pilots, Crews at Higher Rates, Air Force Finds (external link)
Government Executive, October 25, 2021 - Cancers Strike US Fighter Pilots, Crews at Higher Rates, Air Force Finds (external link)
Government Executive, October 25, 2021 - $12 million DoD grant establishes Convergent Science Virtual Cancer Center (external link)
The Cancer Letter, May 17, 2021 - Cedars-Sinai and USC to Jump- Start Young Scientists Seeking to Cure Cancer (external link)
Cedars-Sinai, May 4, 2021
2020
Research Highlights:
- In Focus: Cancer in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (CCAYA)
- In Focus: Military Health and Cancer
- A Powerful New Model for Accelerating Liver Cancer Research
- Research that Considers the Whole Patient
- Investigating the Link Between Potential Cancer-Causing Pollutants in the Environment and Testicular Cancer Risk in US Air Force Servicemen
- The Fiscal Year 2020 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Virtual Cancer Center: An Opportunity for Leadership
- Siah2: A Potential Biomarker to Predict Immunotherapy Treatment Outcomes in Melanoma Patients
- Role of the Inhibitory Receptor TIGIT in the Regulation of CD4+ Tregs in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
- Discovering New Drug Targets in Radiation-Induced Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Harnessing Predictive Markers of Response to Antiangiogenic Therapy: Two Approaches to Optimizing Treatment for Metastatic Renal Carcinoma
News:
- A single number helps Stanford data scientists find most dangerous cancer cells (external link)
Stanford Medicine, February 25, 2020
Video Highlights
2019
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)
February 25, 2019
Research Highlights:
- Metabolic Remodeling of the Tumor Microenvironment to Improve the Efficacy of Immunotherapy
- Overcoming Tumor Immune Evasion
- IN FOCUS: Oncolytic Virotherapy in Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Turning the Heat up on Cancer: Combining Heat and Immunotherapy to Better Treat Bladder Cancer
- Targeting Increased Polyamine Transport of Resistant Melanomas
- Central Tolerance Blockade to Augment Checkpoint Immunotherapy in Melanoma
- IN FOCUS: Research in Cancers in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
News:
- Imugene welcomes receipt of US Department of Defense grant for City of Hope cancer researchers (external link)
Proactive, October 29, 2019
2018
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities (HA) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18)
Updated: June 27, 2018 - Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities (CDA, IA(WSF), TTSA, IA) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18)
Updated: March 26, 2018
Research Highlights:
- Neural Proteins Implicated in Pancreatic Cancer Desmoplasia
- IN FOCUS: Brain Tumor Research Funding
- IN FOCUS: BLADDER CANCER
- Exposing a Silent Killer: Dr. Arti Shukla Studies Methods for Early Detection of Mesothelioma
- In Focus: Melanoma Research Funding
- Advancing Our Understanding of How to Reduce the Risk of Developing Blood Cancer After Radiation Exposure
News:
- Combination immunotherapy improves survival in mouse models of mesothelioma (external link)
Massachusetts General Hospital, April 6, 2018 - Study Explores Impact of Obesity on Bone Marrow Cells (external link)
Cincinnati Children's, January 2, 2018
2017
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2017 March 29, 2017
Research Highlights:
- An Improved Toolset for Pancreatic Cancer Research
- IN FOCUS: STOMACH CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING
- IN FOCUS: LIVER CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING
- Giving Mesothelioma the One-Two Punch
- Discovering novel therapeutic strategies to treat kidney cancer
News:
- New approach may kill tumor cells in the brain (external link)
Harvard Gazette, October 30, 2017 - New findings explain how UV rays trigger skin cancer (external link)
Cornell Chronicle, October 17, 2017
2016
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2016 March 9, 2016
Research Highlights:
- Targeting Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Pathways in Mesothelioma
- Identification of Novel RNA Editing Biomarkers of Human Leukemia Stem Cell Generation
- Linking Observed Mutations from Pediatric Brain Tumors to Mechanisms That May Drive Tumorigenesis
- Understanding Inflamation and Its Link to Colorectal Cancer
News:
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UH researchers to address military risk factors associated with cancer with $3 million in grants (external link)
2015
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2015 June 4, 2015
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2015 March 18, 2015
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriation Announcement February 27, 2015
Research Highlights:
- Utilizing a New Orthotopic Xenograft Model of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) to Develop Therapeutic Strategies
- Genomic Signatures for Integrative Models of Clinical Heterogeneity in Patients with Follicular Lymphoma
- UV Light, Pigmentation, and Chemiexcitation in Melanoma Development
News:
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Free Stomach Cancer Symposium - April 18, 2015 (external link)
Debbie's Dream Foundation, April 9, 2015 -
Chemiexcitation of melanin derivatives induces DNA photoproducts long after UV exposure (external link)
Science/AAAS, February 25, 2015 -
3D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches (external link)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, January 21, 2015
2014
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2014 March 17, 2014
Research Highlights:
- Label-Free Point-of-Service Assay for Noninvasive Detection of Kidney Cancer
- Reprogramming Intestinal Immunity by Novel L. Acidophilus Strains Results in Protective Immunity against Colon Cancer
2013
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2013 May 8, 2013
Research Highlights:
- Molecular-Targeted Therapies of Childhood Choroid Plexus Carcinoma
- Understanding and Predicting Patients' Response to Anti-cancer Therapies
- Development of Clinically Relevant Animal Models for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
- Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk
News:
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Blood Vessel Cells Coax Colorectal Cancer Cells in More Dangerous State (external link)
MD Anderson Cancer Center, February 13, 2013
2012
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2012 April 11, 2012
Research Highlights:
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2011
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Discovery Award Funding Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2011 August 23, 2011
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2011 June 15, 2011
- Kidney Cancer Research Investment Through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Totals Nearly $3.7 million March 24, 2011
Research Highlights:
- Assessment of Melanoma-Specific Novel Markers in the U.S. Military Population
- Highlights of a Noninvasive Genetic Test for Colon Cancer Screening
2010
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2010 April 15, 2010
2009
Press Releases:
- Peer Reviewed Cancer Press Release Announcement July 30, 2009
Last updated Monday, March 31, 2025